@Fredz Thanks to my J-pouch surgery I was able to take up a challenging martial art (to study with my daughter and become a teacher in that art), learn to scuba dive (and become a volunteer diver at my Aquarium), and happily take a window seat on an airplane. I could not have done these things without the surgery. A relative of mine got his J-pouch as a child and is now a doctor. I think the quality of our lives isn’t about the challenges we face but rather how we face them.